May 5, 2009
Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov
Michael Cabbage/Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
mcabbage@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-076
NASA ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET BRIEFINGS FOR PRESS
WASHINGTON -- NASA Acting Administrator Chris Scolese will brief the
news media about the agency's fiscal year 2010 budget at 2:30 p.m.
EDT, Thursday, May 7. The news conference will take place in NASA
Headquarters' James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, located at 300 E St.
S.W., in Washington.
Scolese will be joined by NASA Comptroller David Schurr. The news
conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's
Internet home page. Reporters at NASA Headquarters will be able to
ask questions.
To watch the budget news conference on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
After the overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2010 budget, the
associate administrators of the mission directorates each will hold a
teleconference to discuss the budget's impact on their specific area.
The teleconference schedule is (all times Eastern):
Thursday, May 7
4 p.m. -- Exploration Systems (phone: 877-716-4287, pass code:
Exploration)
5 p.m. -- Science (phone: 888-398-6118, pass code: Science)
6 p.m. -- Space Operations (phone: 888-790-4541, pass code: Space
Operations)
Friday, May 8
9 a.m. -- Aeronautics (phone: 888-455-7155, pass code: Aeronautics)
Each teleconference is scheduled to last 50 minutes. Reporters may
join the teleconference of their choice by dialing the telephone
number and using the pass code listed above. The number of available
telephone lines is limited.
Live audio of the budget teleconferences will stream online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
Replays of each mission directorate's teleconference will be available
until May 22. Replay numbers are:
Exploration Systems: 800-879-5816
Science: 800-925-0568
Space Operations: 888-566-0435
Aeronautics: 888-566-0439
The NASA budget and supporting information will be available at 1:30
p.m., May 7, at:
http://www.nasa.gov/budget
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